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mainframe

[meyn-freym] / ˈmeɪnˌfreɪm /
NOUN
central processing unit
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“Software and mainframe performance supported strong results for what many consider a defensive name,” said JPMorgan analyst Brian Essex, who rates the stock a neutral.

From MarketWatch

Cornell was an early adopter of mainframes and his professor mentors were moving from punch cards to mainframe batch processing.

From The Wall Street Journal

The technology can also help companies access data stuck in old-school IT systems like mainframe computers, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Back then, IBM certainly wouldn’t have hired weird longish-haired geeks like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were working with chintzy little microprocessors that paled in comparison with IBM’s mighty mainframes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dynatrace helps customers manage their network of myriad software systems, apps and AI tools residing on multiple cloud platforms, internal networks and mainframes.

From MarketWatch